FIrewire 400 connection between notebook and workstation

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I inadvertently posted this in the Media Center newsgroup . . .

What I want to know is how to connect my notebook and my workstation such
that I can record the video signal from my notebook (a specific window on the
notebook) onto the hard drive of my workstation via a firewire connection. I
imagine that this type of connection vs. an S-video connection will enable
the audio and video signals to be synchronized.

Is this possible or should I be using a screen capture software on my
notebook to record directly to the notebook's hard drive. If so, what
software is recommended? (Adobe Captivate?)

Sincerely-
-=- penciline -=-
 
Re: FIrewire 400 connection between notebook and workstation


"penciline" <penciline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8639019-7799-4DF5-BE9D-CCD277032DF3@microsoft.com...
>I inadvertently posted this in the Media Center newsgroup . . .
>
> What I want to know is how to connect my notebook and my workstation such
> that I can record the video signal from my notebook (a specific window on
> the
> notebook) onto the hard drive of my workstation via a firewire connection.
> I
> imagine that this type of connection vs. an S-video connection will enable
> the audio and video signals to be synchronized.
>
> Is this possible or should I be using a screen capture software on my
> notebook to record directly to the notebook's hard drive. If so, what
> software is recommended? (Adobe Captivate?)
>

You can do exactly want you want to do, but perhaps not in the way you
thought you were going to do it. And you don't need any additional
software.

Windows supports networking over firewire out of the box. All you need to
do is to manually allocate two different IP addresses to both the laptop and
the workstation firewire ports. Once you connect a firewire cable between
the two, windows automagically sets up a local network between the two. All
you now have to do is set the target folder on the workstation as a shared
folder and the laptop will be able to write directly to it. You can, of
course, do exactly the same thing if both machines have ethernet ports.
 
Re: FIrewire 400 connection between notebook and workstation

Hi M.I.Five and 3/4ths:

I forgot to mention that the computers are already networked over an
ethernet router which also connects me to my DSL modem for the internet
connection. However, I am not sure how I am supposed to "write" the video
data (a video file playing within a window) to a file without some type of
screen capture software. I was able to connect a DV camera via firewire to
my workstation and capture the footage with Nero, however this method does
not seem to work when I connect the two computers via firewire which I
thought it would. Any suggestions?

Sincerely,
-=- penciline -=-


"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>
> "penciline" <penciline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A8639019-7799-4DF5-BE9D-CCD277032DF3@microsoft.com...
> >I inadvertently posted this in the Media Center newsgroup . . .
> >
> > What I want to know is how to connect my notebook and my workstation such
> > that I can record the video signal from my notebook (a specific window on
> > the
> > notebook) onto the hard drive of my workstation via a firewire connection.
> > I
> > imagine that this type of connection vs. an S-video connection will enable
> > the audio and video signals to be synchronized.
> >
> > Is this possible or should I be using a screen capture software on my
> > notebook to record directly to the notebook's hard drive. If so, what
> > software is recommended? (Adobe Captivate?)
> >
>
> You can do exactly want you want to do, but perhaps not in the way you
> thought you were going to do it. And you don't need any additional
> software.
>
> Windows supports networking over firewire out of the box. All you need to
> do is to manually allocate two different IP addresses to both the laptop and
> the workstation firewire ports. Once you connect a firewire cable between
> the two, windows automagically sets up a local network between the two. All
> you now have to do is set the target folder on the workstation as a shared
> folder and the laptop will be able to write directly to it. You can, of
> course, do exactly the same thing if both machines have ethernet ports.
>
>
>
 
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